To get defined, muscular legs, adopt a physical fitness routine including resistance and aerobic training. Lifting weights helps to develop striations, or separation, in your muscles. Engaging in regular cardiovascular activity helps you burn...
If you want to quickly gain muscle mass, weightlifting twice per day can help you stimulate growth. Working the same muscle group two times on the same day can lead to overtraining, which may increase your risk for injury and cause muscle...
The line that divides the muscles of a six-pack vertically can sometimes become separated. This is called diastasis recti and typically occurs during pregnancy. While a slight separation is normal, too much of one can weaken your abdominal muscles...
Diastasis is medical term used to describe the separation of the abdominal wall, which can occur during pregnancy or childbirth. All women experience slight abdominal wall separation during pregnancy; however, if you have diastasis, be careful...
Pregnancy changes your body in many ways. If you don't want a protruding stomach to be one of them, you can flatten it within a few months of delivery with a combination of diet and exercise tailored specifically to the postpartum body.
After having a cesarean section, your belly will be tender and may look considerably different from your prepregnancy belly. While you may be anxious to hit the gym to shrink your belly, take your time. Your body needs time to heal from the major...
During pregnancy you may notice a variety of changes to your skin. Some people may comment on the sudden glow on your face, a positive transformation reflecting your inner joy. Other changes, such as stretch marks, acne and varicose veins,...
The extra weight gained during pregnancy can be difficult to shed, especially for a new mother who is busy with a newborn. Although exercise is an effective way to lose pregnancy weight, pain in the abdomen during exercise can be a sign that a...
Hamstring injuries come in various forms. They can be subtle, going unnoticed at the time of the injury, or explosive and painful, sometimes resulting in bruising on the back of the leg and muscle separation. Either way, rebuilding your strength...
As your pregnancy progresses, your growing stomach affects the muscles in your body. However, your stomach muscles are required to maintain your posture. You can continue to tone the stomach muscles throughout your pregnancy with some...
A caesarean section, also known as a C section, is an alternative to vaginal delivery of a baby. It generally occurs when a natural birth would be risky to the mother or child. It's a surgical procedure in which the pregnant woman's abdomen and...
The weight you gain during pregnancy and the stretched appearance of your skin do not go away immediately after you give birth. Instead of deflating like a balloon letting air out, your post-baby belly slowly shrinks back to its pre-pregnancy...
The best exercises for the stomach incorporate as many of the core muscles as possible in one movement. Body-weight training is used to flatten and tone the abdominals, while movements with resistance tend to thicken them and give deeper muscle...
Diastasis recti is the separation of the abdominal muscle, the rectis abdominis. This muscle runs down the center of the abdomen and when strained, the left and right sides pull apart from one another. Pregnant women, especially those who are...
Weight gain during pregnancy is necessary to ensure that you and your baby are healthy. During delivery and the few weeks following delivery, you will lose weight from delivery of the baby, placenta, amniotic fluid and water weight. However, the...
According to prenatal and postnatal fitness expert Judy DiFiore, tightening your tummy after a pregnancy is not about doing hundreds of situps at the gym but focusing on pulling your tummy muscles in throughout the course of everyday life. This...
Being pregnant does not mean you have to stop working out your abs and stomach. You merely need to accommodate your stomach exercises to your new physical condition. Consult your physician to make sure your new routine will not affect your...
Exercise during pregnancy helps you stay in shape, avoid excessive weight gain, and prepare you for labor and delivery. Abdominal exercises during pregnancy can help to strengthen the muscles that cover your expanding abdomen, giving support as...
An ideal tool for resistance training, dumbbells are usually associated with arm exercises, like traditional bicep curls. However, specific dumbbell exercises can also play a key role in strengthening back muscles. Each exercise should be...
Bodybuilders have different styles for increasing their muscle mass for better body definition, balance and form. They use various exercises and equipment to target different muscle groups. This effort goes toward maintaining overall balance so...
You can do abdominal exercise through some of your pregnancy, provided you remember to check for significant changes to your abdomen and don't lie down. Check with your obstetrician about her recommendations based on your pregnancy and your...
After delivering a baby, you may feel anxious about losing your pregnancy weight and returning to your exercise schedule. A 2009 cohort study published in the journal "Midwifery" and led by Maddah Mohsen found that the more weight a woman gained...
Performing abdominal exercises as soon as possible after a Cesarean section helps speed your recovery. They can reduce the risk of fluid pooling in your lungs and help strengthen your stomach muscles, making it easier to hold and care for your...
As your uterus expands during pregnancy, the abdominal muscles located over it stretch, or become longer and thinner. In the past, most obstetricians and other health care providers recommended against pregnant women exercising their abdominal...
Properly functioning muscles perform only one duty, contraction. Muscles enable the body to sit, to move and to stand upright. They are attached by way of tendons to bones. Their contraction is controlled by electrical signals that can either be...
It takes you nine months to gain that weight, so be prepared to spend some time losing the weight after you give birth. In addition to added weight, you will observe some changes in your stomach. These include a loss of muscle and sometimes a...
Accidents, sports play and occupational tasks all claim their share of muscle injury cases. The type of injury stems from the type of problematic motion involved, the person’s physical condition and other incidental factors. Both hardworking...
Ptosis is the drooping of one or both of the upper eyelids below the normal position. In severe cases, the drooping lid can shield part or the entire pupil and block your vision. Ptosis usually occurs due to weakened eyelid muscles or a separation...
Diastasis recti is an issue with the abdominal muscle. When diagnosed by your health provider, it means that the left and right side of your main abdominal muscle, the rectus abdominis, has separated. While this is common in pregnant women, it's...
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